I am using version 3.6.2 and when I paste a table from Excel to the editor it loses my borders, background color etc. I just upgraded from the FKEditor and using that tool it worked perfectly. I tried making the following change to the config.js with no luck:
config.pasteFromWordRemoveFontStyles = false;
config.pasteFromWordRemoveStyles = false;
I even noticed when I try pasting a table in the demo editor on this site it does not work correctly. Is there a workaround or a potential fix in the works? Unfortunatly this is a show stopper for me so if anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
config.pasteFromWordRemoveFontStyles = false;
config.pasteFromWordRemoveStyles = false;
I even noticed when I try pasting a table in the demo editor on this site it does not work correctly. Is there a workaround or a potential fix in the works? Unfortunatly this is a show stopper for me so if anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks.
Re: Excel Paste Problem in 3.6.2
Hi,
Sad there is no reply cos i have the same problem.
I notice it works, but not nicely, on Firefox which paste the table as an image, so you can't modify the datas after pasting.
The solution i found is not nice too but is working. You have to paste first your excel table in Word, copy it in Word and paste it in CKEditor. And now, the table is perfect.
But, it's not a good way for my customers, so if somebody know why the paste is working for Word but not for Excel, i will be happy !
Maybe i'm going to have to look to the code from the pasting from Word in order to understand where is the problem for Excel.
Thanks and if you have news, i need them !
Bastien
Re: Excel Paste Problem in 3.6.2
I'm a bit surprised there is no answer to our question from a member of the ckeditor team.
For my webapp, i'm going to buy the ckeditor so i need some answer to this essential question.
But, I will want to ask if there is a developer who can code for me a plugin to paste Excel to ckeditor without losing the formatting. (it's working if you copy first in word and after to ckeditor).
I can pay for that. Let me know if someone can with a private message.
Thanks by advance
Re: Excel Paste Problem in 3.6.2
This issue is known to the development team, as can be seen in the following ticket. It's a tricky issue. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It all depends on the browser used, Excel version, desired format, etc.
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Re: Excel Paste Problem in 3.6.2
Re: Excel Paste Problem in 3.6.2
Thanks for quick reply. I saw more than one ticket on this issue and I know it's a known issue. And it was tricky too, because in the other hand, the brilliant developers team would have solved it quickly.
For the browser, i know there is different interpretation of the copy/paste (firefox paste it as an image, chrome and opera loses the formatting). But I never found any browser where it works well.
What I don't understand is that it works when you first copy your table in word and after in CKEditor. As both Word and Excel are Office softwares, I thought it was really tight and bound.
Moreover, it seems to be a regression from the FCKeditor.
I thank all the team for this amazing tool. I think the really most advanced web editor. But this is an important feature for me and for a lot of other users. That's why I suggest I could be interested to know if there is some developers capable to code it for money depending on the price and the delay. I understand ckeditor development team perhaps has some other features to code.
@davidoram : i don't understand the sense of your sentence... sorry...
Thanks for letting me know about the progression on this work
have a good day
Bastien